The Chronic

The Chronic is the debut studio album by American rapper and producer Dr. Dre. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his record label Death Row Records along with Interscope Records and distributed by Priority Records. The recording sessions took place at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. As much as it was a breakout album for Dr. Dre, The Chronic also functioned as a launching pad to introduce Snoop Dogg and is sometimes referred to as a collaborative effort by the duo, with Snoop featured on 12 of 16 of its tracks. The Chronic was Dr. Dre's first solo album after he departed the West Coast hip hop group N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. It includes insults towards Ruthless Records and its owner, former N.W.A member and assembler Eazy-E. In addition to featuring many appearances by Snoop, The Chronic also introduced Tha Dogg Pound rappers Daz Dillinger and RBX, as well as Kurupt and Snoop's early group 213. The album's title derives from a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. In 2023, to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the album was reissued by Dr. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chr...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)